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The Pinion

The student-run newspaper of McKinley High School

The Pinion

The student-run newspaper of McKinley High School

The Pinion

McKinley’s offensive line prepares for a play in the fourth quarter, setting the stage for quarterback Alyza Taufa’s 12-yard winning touchdown run.

2025 NSPA Writer of the Year Portfolio

Dominic Niyo, editor May 28, 2025

PERSONAL STATEMENT​  Some people say journalists are the loudest voices in the room — but I’ve often found myself more comfortable behind the scenes, listening, observing, and letting others take...

Healing takes time and patience. Kintsugi is a Japanese art of repairing broken things with gold, embracing the cracks and accepting them as a part of life. No matter how much I
hide my scars it will always be there, and that’s okay.
2025 Hawaii High School Journalism Awards - Illustration - First Place.

Artist of the Year

Cheska Orias, Editor-in-Chief May 27, 2025

Chicken jockeys in Minecraft are a hostile mob consisting of baby zombies that ride on chickens. They were first added into the game in Nov. 2013, in the 1.7.4 Java Edition update. They are a rare appearance in the game with a 0.25% spawn rate. Despite its small size, the mob can prove quite a chal-
lenge for newer players.

Review: Chicken Jockey

Leif Allgood, reporter May 13, 2025

On April 4, "The Minecraft movie" finally released and I got to see it in all its glory opening night. My friend group and I initially went as a joke to celebrate one of their birthdays, and we were all...

"'You were in a state of shock. But over the next few days you must have found your voice returning to you ... ?' 'By then ... it seemed pointless. It was too late.'" -Excerpt from "The Silent Patient. Art by Nhi Nguyen.

Review: ‘The Silent Patient’: Good Potential, Poor Execution

Nhi Nguyen May 13, 2025

This review contains major spoilers. What makes a good thriller book? Is it a gripping plot? The characters? A unique premise? Or the ending? Can one element single-handedly break an entire thriller?  These...

Pinion Staff as Book Genres

Pinion Staff as Book Genres

Cheska Orias, Editor-in-Chief May 12, 2025

Photo of the band “The Mauve” at Blank Canvas Studio

Review: Underground Hawai’i Bands

Leif Allgood, reporter March 6, 2025

Sounds of blasting music, to the point of deafness, hot and humid venue, whole body aching, to some this sounds like a sensory nightmare, to me its a personal heaven. Underground, also known as scene culture...

Fan art of Epic: The Musical depicting the Troy, Cyclops, Ocean, Circe, Underworld, Thunder, Wisdom, Vengence and Ithaca sagas (left to right) while also showing major characters from each. 
Art by Cheska Orias (c/o 2026).

Review: ‘Epic: The Musical’

Cheska Orias, Editor-in-Chief March 6, 2025

2025 Hawaii High School Journalism Awards – Review – Third Place Editor’s Note: Includes minor spoilers for "Epic: The Musical" With "Wicked" being adapted into a movie, more people are being...

May 2023

May 2023

May 19, 2023

Jade Bluestone Motorcyclist, 23, dies from injury following single-vehicle crash in schofield.  On Wilikina Drive, a road incident occurred where the motorcyclist was speeding with...

Digital design made by Jade Bluestone

National Health Minority Month

Jade Bluestone, reporter April 30, 2023

The month of April serves to raise awareness about health disparities, which refers to the difference in disease risk, conditions and mortality that affect people in ethnic minority groups. Part of this...

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